California Health and Safety Code

§ 50662.7

HSC § 50662.7 Effective Jan 1, 1995Div. 31 · Part 2 · Ch. 6.5

Statute text

For the purpose of providing disaster relief to those owners of owner-occupied dwellings that were damaged or destroyed as a result of a natural disaster defined by Section 8680.3 of the Government Code, resulting in a state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor pursuant to Section 8625 of the Government Code, financial assistance may be provided to disaster victims as prescribed in this chapter under the following special conditions, which shall prevail over conflicting provisions of this chapter and administrative regulations:

(a)(1) The loans shall be provided in any city, county, or city and county proclaimed by the Governor to be in a state of disaster: (A) to persons who do not qualify for loan assistance from an agency of the United States for repair of the damage caused by a natural disaster, (B) to the extent that federally provided or assisted financing may be insufficient to accomplish the necessary repair, and (C) to the extent required to enable the recipient to obtain and afford loan assistance from an agency of the United States to finance the necessary repair.

(2)The loans shall be made only to households that are victims of a natural disaster and only to the extent that other federal and state resources, private insurance proceeds, or private institutional lending sources, are not available or do not provide the assistance or coverage needed to rehabilitate or reconstruct their homes.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 96, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.